Improvement in covering of whips



DAVID HOLMES.

Whips.v

N0. 125,134. Patented Aprl2,1872.

PETENEQEELLQELI DAVID HOLMES, OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CQVERING OF WHIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,134, dated April 2,1872.

SPECIFICATION.

To 'all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID HOLE/ms, of Westeld, Hampden county,Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a neT Method of CoveringWhips, of which the following. is a specification:

N atmc and Objects.

My invention relates to covering Whip-stocks and other Wooden surfaceswith a venecring of cloth or other Woven fabric, in such a manner as topresent a bright var'egated surface, and so as to form an almostindestructible coverin gin a much higher degree ornamental than anypainted or transferred pattern could, and not liable, as veneer of Woodis, to crack and warp or become detached. And my process consists incloth, or the Woven fabric selected, saturated in hot glue until thematerial Will hold no more, When it is appliedto the Wooden surface, thepores of which have been filled also with hot glue, and smoothed; theglue is then allowed to set slowly to leave no blisters in the fabric.The cloth firmly adheres, and, when the glue dries, shrinks to theextent ot' leaving no Wrinkles. The surface is then varnished With copalor dark varnish, and, when dry, polished to the brightness of a mirrorby pumice, rotten stone, or other means used to produce a polishedsurface upon Wood. The overlapping seams of cloth are thus completelyconcealed, and no visible evidence is left of the fiber of the cloth.The varnish :may be used to subdue the brightness of the colors, andgive atone to the variegated surface that could be obtained by no otherprocess. In my invention variegated figures are veneeredupon varied ormolded forms, and form so nearly part ofthe Wood itself that the clothfabric may bereduced itself by rubbing until only a small proportion ofthe original cloth is left, and still present the same appearance ofpaint upon the form so covered; it, therefore, makes an admirable coverfor whips, insides of carriages, railroad cars, and for othersuperficies Where the most durable coverin gis Wanted. In this manner Iform acovering the expense of which is little more than the cost of theWoven fabric used, and that has all of theadvantages of strength andbeauty.

Claim.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim is- As a new article ofmanufacture, a veneering of cloth or other Woven fabric, when appliedand polished upon Whip-stocks or other Wooden surfaces, as hereinbeforespecified.

DAVID HOLMES.

Witnesses:

R. F. HYDE, e E. DUDLEY CHAPIN.

